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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
4
In Taunton on November 21 Wallace Reed a salesman was killed when an elevator crushed him between the car and a floor in the department store where he worked. He was 38 years old and survived by a family.
An antiseptic liquid named X Zalla claims to heal all flesh sores. The product soothes itching and pain while destroying germs at the sore’s base to speed healing.
Brigadier General Hugh Bancroft, judge advocate for Governor Guild and Middlesex district attorney, has suffered a relapse of typhoid fever at his home 285 Newbury Street after an improving spell. Dr. E H Stevens of Cambridge reports he has not yet passed the danger point.
In New Bedford on November 21 Judge Milliken told Ambrose Hardy, accused of neglecting his four motherless children, that a man earning only ten dollars a week cannot afford even five cents for beer. Hardy was given another chance to improve his support.
Philadelphia November 21 Mrs Mary Scott Hartje won a complete victory when the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the Allegheny County Court ruling denying her divorce from F Augustus Hartje Pittsburg millionaire The court dismissed petitions to reopen based on letters by Mrs Hartje and coachman Thomas Madine The opinion notes the letter alleged to be from Mrs Hartje to Madine and its contents but says it was never folded and does not alter the case outcome The cost of the proceedings is placed on Hartje.
Mayor Fitzgerald supports Jim Curley in his fight against Tom Curley and signals the Democratic organization will back the Tammany approach. The shift follows the removal of William Clark, Roxbury yard foreman, who was backed by Daniel H. Gillespie and Senator Tom Curley, defeated by Michael J. McEttrick.
The mayoral campaign looms as the Clark removal stirs ward 17 tensions between the Curley factions. Alderman Jim Curley backed by Mayor against Teddy Glynn and the Tom Curley camp, while Senator Curley opposed. Gillespie says he is not responsible for Clark’s removal and hopes for reinstatement.
Registration of women voters in Boston for the school committee shows a yearly fall of 1021. This year total 13 610 with 12 820 original and 790 supplementary. last year total 14 628 from 12 817 original and 1811 supplementary. Mrs W W Boyden of Independent Women Voters denies slowing registration and says every effort was made to register eligible women for the city election.
At a Dudley Street gathering the Carpenters District Council plans a mass meeting at Inter colonial Hall on Thursday night December 12. The aim is to elect a conference committee to negotiate with the Master Carpenters Association on working conditions and the wage scale for the coming year.
St Peter's Alumni Association of Cambridge plans the first social of the season in Association Hall Concord Avenue. Committee includes director Miss Mabel Lycette and assistants Miss Florence Comerford Miss Sadie Dee Miss Helena Masterson Miss Francis Murphy Miss Rose McBride and Miss Gertrude O'Hara.
John F. Fitzgerald of South Boston filed 13 800 signatures as Citizens Labor in the mayoral contest. He announced his platform is not fully disclosed yet and plans to energize Fitzgerald of her own. Also filing were John A. Coulthurst Independence League for Mayor Nathan Barnett for Alderman and others with ties to Ward 8 Bill Cuddy and Frank Cowm Berwin filed independent papers for Aldermen.
Attorneys for the Tip Carts ask the Supreme Judicial Court for a writ of mandamus to order a new recount of Ward 20 votes from the last primary. The bias fight pitted the Red Devils led by the O Connells against the Tip Carts led by Power and Donovan. initial tally showed a four way tie with eight to seven in favor of the O Connells. The recount allegedly showed the Red Devils with 18 ward committee seats to six for the Tip Carts, who accuse election officials of baring contending faction members during tallying hours.
Ex Representative Bill Newton of Ward 13 wins the aldermanic nomination in South Boston over J Frank O Hare of Ward 14 by four votes after a 10 vote tabulation error in Ward 13 Precinct 8 was found. Newton totals 2294 to 2290. recount shows O Hare 22 to Newton 2284. Newton backed by Senator Frank Linehan. O Hare backed by Judge Logan.
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald will launch his re election bid with a noon rally at Faneuil Hall. Postmaster George Hibbard, Republican mayoral candidate, and leaders from the Good Government Association and major business groups are invited. The mayor will summarize his administration in a speech expected to last about three hours.
John A. Coulthurs writes to Boston voters denying opponent claims about his three year House of Representatives record. He promises a full account soon and asks voters to wait for the truth before casting ballots. He insists campaign misrepresentations aim to mislead and urges voters to judge fairly.
Mrs. Lillian Grover 26 of 25 Chelsea Street was taken to Relief Station ill from suspected corrosive poisoning. An unnamed Italian man who visited Wednesday and again Thursday morning is being sought. Police, led by Sergeant Hines, monitor known haunts as they search for him.
Probation Officer Keefe clashed with Attorney Scharton over Jo seph Silverstein of New York city who was convicted of larceny from an express wagon. Scharton urged probation despite Keefe's opposition, Assistant D A Isaacs to review, and Judge White postponed the case to next Monday for final disposition.
A 25 by 3 foot steel sign weighing about 200 pounds toppled at the New York New Haven Hartford railroad office at 362 Washington Street last evening endangering several people nearby.
The First Y M C A lecture on Early American History will open Saturday at 41 East Newton Street. Herbert B Carruth will discuss Columbus Finding a New World and Catholic pioneers in early voyages and settlements, with an invitation to Knights of Columbus members to attend.
Frank Ladd of Lynn married Miss Josie LeMountain of Worcester after a two day courtship in Lynn. The couple renewed a childhood friendship and prompted the end of her prior engagement to Fred Eastman. Earlier, bride escorted, Eastman wedding canceled. Alongside, David Hamilton and Miss Ethel Temple from Lawrence also wed in Lynn.
A large meeting of the Bulmer Hobson Branch Sinn Fein at Clan-Na-Gael Hall in South Boston heard William T. Cassidy of South Boston and John Ryan of Dublin Irc discuss Ireland's industrial and political conditions.
A horse named Black Nigger, attached to a delivery wagon, took a fatal run from the Somerset Club on Beacon Street toward an iron fence at Spruce and Beacon. The animal collided with the fence at high speed, suffering severe injuries including a bruised head and chest lacerations, with a probable shoulder fracture. The horse is immobilized in a sling and will take a long time to recover.
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